Yep:
Last screen shot is the lowest I've seen it with about 20-25 character models loaded there.
You can see my Graphic Options in all of those.
Video card is not overclocked right now, CPU is @ 4.3Ghz.

Well that explains your results, your not maxed. If you max the settings, your results will be in the same boat as everyone else.

Well that explains your results, your not maxed. If you max the settings, your results will be in the same boat as everyone else.

I stated my settings earlier. This is also at 2560 x 1440.

Edit: You are right, my Shadows & LOD were turned down to High rather than ultra, I lose about 2 fps(total) from changing both. I turn AA and post processing are off due to preference.
I see no difference with Supersampling (I do lose around ~10 fps, that is obviously my video card) on at 1440, so there is no point in it for me. Same with AA (don't lose any performance with it anyways.)Edited by Bielijbog - 12/6/12 at 7:17pm

I stated my settings earlier. This is also at 2560 x 1440.
Edit: You are right, my Shadows & LOD were turned down to High rather than ultra, I lose about 2 fps(total) from changing both. I turn AA and post processing are off due to preference.
I see no difference with Supersampling (I do lose around ~10 fps, that is obviously my video card) on at 1440, so there is no point in it for me. Same with AA (don't lose any performance with it anyways.)

My card autosets LOD and Shadows to High as well but I get only a small fps drop with them at Ultra also. The only thing that taxes me is supersample(I also see no difference) and Reflections.
I tend to disable shadows for world dragons however buys a good chunk of fps especially at peak times on Fort Aspenwood.

Yep:
Last screen shot is the lowest I've seen it with about 20-25 character models loaded there.
You can see my Graphic Options in all of those.
Video card is not overclocked right now, CPU is @ 4.3Ghz.

Thanks for posting that. Perhaps there are some settings we could try out there.
I do have everything on max other than reflections which I have off.

Thanks for posting that. Perhaps there are some settings we could try out there.
I do have everything on max other than reflections which I have off.

You can probably set them to Terrain and Sky fine. Hopefully you have supersampling off, because it's not at all worth the performance drop. I notice pretty much no difference. Those are the two heavy hitters.

I can lower my res. if you want to compare my 1920 x 1080 performance with yours.

No that's fine. Thanks for what you posted. I don't have Supersample on as it crashes the game for me.
I really though that the 8 core 8350 would be a big step up for this game from my 4100. For some reason it has made very little difference to the FPS.
Yet in a more GPU bound game like FC3 I have seen about a 15-20 fps increase.

No that's fine. Thanks for what you posted. I don't have Supersample on as it crashes the game for me.
I really though that the 8 core 8350 would be a big step up for this game from my 4100. For some reason it has made very little difference to the FPS.
Yet in a more GPU bound game like FC3 I have seen about a 15-20 fps increase.

More cores doesn't seem to help the game much, especially when compared to higher speeds. Like I said in an earlier post, from my 1100T @ 4.0 Ghz to my 3570k at 4.3Ghz, the game is much smoother. And by that I mean, I do get higher FPS(usually around 20 more in most places), but it is also much more consistent. With the 1100T, I had good FPS, it was completely playable but it wasn't as smooth because the FPS fluctuated quite a bit. 60- 50 -70 -40 -60, kind of all over the place.) That's the real difference. Holding a steady 40fps will look smoother than 60fps that drops down to 40 or lower all the time.